Good Friday

Mom had a rough night last night, but overall good day.

Removing the catheter did not immediately resolve her bladder spasms. Around 1:20 a.m., she began having painful spasms every ten minutes. Her nurse, Jason, rounded up a B&O suppository. The "B" is for belladonna, the "O" is for opium. It's the best treatment for bladder spasms there is, and they just got a shipment in (apparently the opium fields in Afganistan were burned and B&O production had been set back six months - fun bit of trivia for you). She was given the suppository just after 2:00 a.m., and was fine for an hour and a half. At 3:30 the spasms resumed, again every five to ten minutes. At 4:00 p.m. she received morphine again. She still had the spasms. Sometime this morning they began to subside, but between vitals, blood draws and spasms her night was fitful at best.

Mom slept a lot and was pretty out of it until mid afternoon, but it got better and became a fun day. Corey and Jodi stopped in to see her. She played catch with Suzy, had a substantial breakfast, lunch and dinner. As I write this she is looking at a crossword puzzle (not really solving it, but trying) and watching Animal Planet.

Today she had her last dose of Keppra. She is much better since she came in Wednesday, and we hope that she'll continue to improve. She had an EEG this afternoon, ordered by the neurologist today. If there have been any changes to her brain we should, between the EEG and last night's MRI, find out soon.

Well, back to the hospital room. I'll give another update tomorrow. Thanks as always for your prayers and support.